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In the early hours of May 23, 2017, 38-year-old Eric Allen was shot and killed at an apartment in the James Cayce Homes in East Nashville. Officers found Allen, who lived at the apartment, in the doorway with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest; he was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. A second victim, 22-year-old Brandon Jordan, was found dead on the ground near the apartment’s porch from a gunshot wound to his upper torso.

Investigators treated robbery as the apparent motive. A Davidson County grand jury later indicted three people: 28-year-old Tramell R. Sparkman of Columbia; 19-year-old Taylor Roberts, who was arrested in Maury County and indicted on two counts of felony murder and two counts of robbery; and 20-year-old Shakiria Webster, who was indicted on the same charges while already jailed in Sumner County on unrelated charges. Sparkman was additionally accused of attempted burglary on the day of the shootings and of allegedly shooting another man the following day.

Does anyone have information about the events at the James Cayce Homes that night or know these victims?